Changes in z/OS V2R2

The summary of changes that are made to z/OS Version 2 Release 2 (V2R2) Planning for Installation, as updated September 2015, in support of z/OS® Version 2 Release 2 (V2R2).

This document contains information that is previously presented in GA32-0890-02, which supports z/OS Version 2 Release 1 (V2R1).

New server: z/OS V2R2 can run on the IBM® z Systems™ z13™ server.

New base elements: The following base elements are new in z/OS V2R2:

IBM HTTP Server powered by Apache
IBM Knowledge Center for z/OS
IBM z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF)
z/OS OpenSSH

Changed base elements: The following base elements are changed in z/OS V2R2:

BCP
CIM
Communications Server
Cryptographic Services
DFSMSdfp
Distributed File Service
HCD
IBM Tivoli® Directory Server (TDS)
Integrated Security Services
ISPF
JES2
Language Environment®
Network File System (NFS)
Runtime Library Extensions
TSO/E
z/OS UNIX

Changed optional features: The following optional features are changed in z/OS V2R2:

Communications Server Security Level 3
DFSMSdss
DFSMShsm
DFSMSrmm
DFSMStvs
DFSORT
HCM
Infoprint Server
JES3
RMF™
SDSF
Security Server
XL C/C++
z/OS Security Level 3

Deleted base element: IBM HTTP Server (powered by Domino®) is removed in z/OS V2R2; it is replaced by IBM HTTP Server powered by Apache, which is new in z/OS V2R2.

Deleted optional features: The optional feature BookManager/Build is deleted in z/OS V2R2. This feature includes the following FMIDs: HBKP300, JBKP310 (English), JBKP311 (French), JBKP312 (German), JBKP313 (Spanish), JBKP314 (Brazilian Portuguese), JBKP315 (Canadian French).

Changes to driving system requirements:

The minimum driving system level for installing z/OS V2R2 is z/OS V1R13. (For installing z/OS V2R1, it was z/OS V1R12.)
ServerPac and SystemPac now support extended format and extended addressability for zFS data sets.
The Customized Offerings Driver (5751-COD) is shipped as zFS file systems instead of HFS file systems.